Protesters against fracking risk worsening the plight of the five million
households struggling to pay their energy bills, Britain’s official fuel
poverty adviser has warned.

Ministers have a “duty” to promote the extraction of shale gas because it has
the potential to drive down the cost of energy, according to the chairman of
the Fuel
Poverty Advisory Group.

Derek Lickorish says that “the voice of the fuel poor has been lost in the
current frenzy” at Balcombe, West Sussex, where the energy company Cuadrilla
Resources has been targeted by anti-fracking protesters.